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E. BOUBNE.

SPORTSMANS GAME RING.

No. 253,501. Patented Feb. 14,1882.

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SPORTSMANS GAME RING.

No. 253,501. Patented Feb. 14,1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD BOURNE, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPORTSMANS GAME-RING.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 253,501,da.ted February14, 1882.

Application filed MayM, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD BOURNE, ofAllegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and usefullmprovementin Sportsmens Game- Rings and I dohereby declare that the following is a'full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon. I

My invention relates to certain-new and useful improvements insportsmens game-rings; and the invention consists in constructing saidring from a single piece of wire bent to form a. circular ring and eyefor suspending said ring, an opening for the reception of ashoulder-strap, a loop, and a pointed end bent to form an open loop orhooked end to engage said loop, all as will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

To enable others skilled in the art with which myinvention is mostnearly connected to make and use it, I will proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, Arepresents my-im-.

provement in game-ring, On which are suspended three birds, B. The ringA is constructed of asingle piece of wire in the following manner: Itake a piece of wire of suitable diameter and length, and point one endof it, as at U, andform a ring on the other end of it, as at D. (Shownin Figure l.) I then form a hook of the pointed end 0, and an eye, 6,for suspending said ring, as shown inFig. 2. The wire is then bent intothe form shown in Fig. 3, after which the end D of the wire is bent intothe form indicated by the dotted lines f in Fig. 4, thereby forming theopening 9 for the reception of a shoulder-strap for carrying the ring.The sharp hooked-end O hooks into the ring or loop D, as shown in Fig.5, and thereby forms a lock for holding up the end 0 of the ring A injuxtaposition with relation to the other parts of the ring. The pointedend G is inserted in the neck of the bird, which is then forced aroundon the ring, as shown in Fig. 5.

By constructing game-rings of a single piece of wire, as hereinbeforedescribed, said rings can be manufactured cheaply and with greatfacility.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim as my invention,anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described sportsmans game-rin g, constructed from a singlepiece of wire bent to form a circular ring, A,-an eye, e, for suspendingsaid ring, an opening, 9, for the reception of a shoulder-strap, a loop,D, and a pointed end, C, bent to form an open loop or hooked end toengage said loop D, as specified.

E. BOURNE. Witnesses A. G. J onnsron, ALEX. S. H. JOHNSTON.

